I’ve spent precious time struggling to understand how my diagnosis was missed

I have not been to this site for awhile but when I went there today it touched me as usual. I thought it deserved a posthttp://www.patientadvocare.blogspot.com/
These are some heartbreaking patient stories that help us see how much the transformation of heathcare is needed.
Some quotes:
“I’ve spent precious time struggling to understand how my diagnosis was missed. I’ve struggled with the knowledge that the delay in diagnosis resulted in a delay in treatment, which could have alleviated so many years of intense suffering, and potentially added many more years to my life (especially had I known to stop taking HRT).”
“At some point, Paul’s psychiatrist explained that his diabetes probably resulted from taking Seroquel. Paul wondered why doctors would prescribe him a drug that caused another illness, but he figured at first that they knew what they were doing.”

About this blog: You’ve heard of Leapfrog now there’s SafetyDog!

This blog will merge ideas from management, nursing, medicine and psychology (and many others) to offer a different view of patient safety. The author has a Masters in Industrial-Organizational Psychology, a graduate certificate in Error Science and Patient Safety and also a BSN in Nursing and has worked as an RN since 1985. All comments are welcome..you never know when one of your thoughts might save a life!

Patient Safety

IOM
Institute of Medicine..their 1999 report “To Err is human” started it all.

Leap Frog Group
The Consumer Reports for hospitals. Encouraging transparency and comparison of quality and safety.

ISMP
Institute for Safe Medication Practices. If you are looking for information on safe medication practices (and unsafe ones) they have great newsletters and other resources.

IHI
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has an entire section on patient safety.

AHRQ
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Great site from the Department of Health and Human services. Contains research articles and safety guidelines and tools. The link is to Patient safety net

Healthcare Quarterly
Best practices and peer reviewed articles. Editor is a PhD from the University of North Carolina.